DEAR TIM: My last house had a basement that leaked water. I’m building a new home and want my basement as dry as the Atacama Desert. I’m confident that my drain tile was not put in correctly at my ...

Q. A corner of my garden has poor drainage and I have lost a lot of plants there over the years. A friend told me to put in a dry well. What is a dry well and will that help? A. A dry well is unlikely ...

I often think about how blessed I am to have worked on older homes long before I started building new ones. It provides me with a benchmark to judge modern building methods and products. Take the ...

Improving farm drainage tiles in Illinois can be very challenging because most farmland is owned by absentee landowners ...

If you have excessive moisture entering your basement through the walls or floor, it’s likely a groundwater issue. The first ...

Pattern tile installation occurred on this field during winter 2020-21 with 50-foot lateral spans connected to main tile lines. The upper left quadrant was not tiled at this time, so it is possible to ...

Tile drainage is a system of pipes installed below ground to remove excess water from farmland soil. Just as irrigation is often necessary to deliver water to soil and crops, drainage is important in ...

Dear Jason: Building a shower with a ceramic tile floor is most attractive and durable. Using tile requires attention to detail so it will be leak-free. Study some videos on how to do it, and don’t ...